Thank you ladies. Sidney I never did think I could acclimate to here, I've lived here for 18 years. If I wasn't some one pursuing intimacy with the land, I may never have acclimated. And I expect there will be times of doubt and restlessness - I suppose like any real relationship :) but for now, the feeling of being at home on this land is a huge threshold for me.

Jaz, indeed. It is scary as hell. But better to know what it is to fall in love with the land, as perhaps it will ease the experience of falling in love with other humans. We can, at least, belong fully, possessively, jealously, recklessly; to our land.